21 Mathematicians Named 2013 Fellows of the American Mathematical Society

The fellows designation recognizes AMS members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication and utilization of mathematics. This is the AMS program’s initial year.

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Research Funding Available

Funding is available for 2012-2013 Special Research Grants and Subvention Grants. Also, nominations for the Hamilton Book Awards competition and the University Co-op Research Excellence Awards are being accepted.

SPECIAL RESEARCH GRANTS for 2012-2013 in amounts up to $750 are awarded to tenured and tenure-track faculty throughout the year until funds are expended. Applications are being accepted.

HAMILTON BOOK AWARDS PROGRAM is accepting all books, including scholarly monographs, creative works (e.g., novels and anthologies of poetry), exhibition catalogues, textbooks, and edited collections published in calendar year 2012 by university faculty and staff. Deadline is Jan. 18, 2013.

UNIVERSITY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARDS. Nominations are being accepted for two prizes: the Career Research Excellence Award (to recognize a faculty member or staff researcher who has maintained a superior research program across many years) and the Best Paper Award (in recognition of a principal or sole author of a peer-reviewed scholarly paper reporting original research). Deadline is Feb. 18, 2013.

SUBVENTION GRANTS. Applications for 2012-2013 Subventions are being accepted until funds run out. The University of Texas at Austin Subvention Grants program, which provides a maximum award of $5,000, is designed to assist faculty authors in the publication of scholarly books. Preference will be given to assistant and associate professors. Frequently, university and other scholarly presses demand that authors provide funds to underwrite the publication of scholarly monographs and books. Subvention awards provide financial assistance to faculty members when departments and deans are unable to provide needed support.

Quoted-UT Researchers in the News

(Robert Chesney, a law professor and expert on national security issues, commented on the FBI investigation of Gen. David Petraeus.)

CARRIE JOHNSON: That requirement is found in the National Security Act and in an executive order on U.S. intelligence activities that dates back to the Ronald Reagan era. Law enforcement officials say they didn't tell Congress because Petraeus was a witness - not a target - in an ongoing criminal investigation. And until very recently, agents were still trying to figure out whether anyone broke any laws.

Under Justice Department guidelines, authorities are barred from sharing information even with most people in the White House, unless there's a national security exception. Bobby Chesney teaches law at The University of Texas. Chesney says there's an obvious national security issue when the CIA director appears on law enforcement radar.

BOBBY CHESNEY: But whether there was ever a formal statutory obligation to give that reporting from the FBI to the intelligence committees, for example, that's far from clear.

The three-year grant will support a study, led by Muller, that follows 14,825 respondents (born in 1964-65) of the nationally representative “High School and Beyond” survey. Designed and funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the multiphase survey examines educational, vocational and personal development of young people beginning with their elementary or high school years, and following them over time as they begin to enter the workforce.

The findings will provide important insights into three key areas of American public policy — health care, economics and education reform. After the third phase of the study, Muller aims to provide concrete answers for various national concerns, such as the long-term costs of mental illness, the effects of recession and employment on health and mortality, and the benefits of higher education for minority populations.

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